The return week will also feature appearances by an eclectic group including former Alaskan Governor and Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, Winter Olympics star snowboarder Shaun White Olympian of all time Apolo Anton Ohno, comedienne and E! personality Chelsea Handler, Oscar-nominated director Jason Reitman, actor Morgan Freeman and the cast of "Jersey Shore."

Meanwhile, Conan has been laying low, sporting a beard and making use of his new Twitter account. After joking that he had interviewed a squirrel in his backyard and connected the freckles on his arm with a Sharpie, this weekend he wrote “This is only my 5th tweet and I’m already exhausted. My God, how does Ashton do it?”

Glad Jay is back! Dave is just an old grouchy man and Conan was too much to watch with all his wierd gestures! I, for one, stand up and vote for Jay–by the way, NBC made the decision in the first place!

Hooray for Jay! So glad to know that at the end of a long, hard day I can tune in to some intelligent humor instead of Conan's sophomoric antics and Letterman's stale, mean-spirited kind of humor. For all of the Leno haters out there you have two options: the channel changer and the Off button!

I'm glad Leno is back. Conan wasn't funny. NBC should never have promised him the Tonight Show. Leno was #1 for years against Letterman and will be #1 again. I Wouldn't watch Letterman if God was his first guest. He's almost as bad as Conan.

Its people that love Leno, and cause many stupid things to be broadcast out to us the consuming public. Bring on, Letterman. Hes whats raised my late night love to the level that a Late Night without Conan O'Brien is almost apocolyptic in nature. DAMN you Jay Leno and Damn all you people that dont really know what is funny and original, and just want your Oatmeal with a pad butter (LENO). Cant wait to all of you are to old to even comprehend quality television or the ability to complain locally to return your Oatmeal to its original recipe.

I don't completely blame Leno. He should have showed a little more respect for Conan though. After all Jay Leno had a terrible start when he first started the show. A lot people complained about him, and so forth. Apparently all of his eventual success went to his head, and I think he forgot about where he came from. I think most of the blame deserves to be placed on NBC. They handled this situation terribly. I don't think Conan got a fair crack at the show to be honest. It took Leno years before he became successful. I think the industry has changed over the years, and everyone is expecting quick results these days.

I dont feel bad for Conan by any means, but I enjoy Conans humor much, much, more. I wish his show was still around. Unfortunately, NBC made a bad choice, and I know for a fact they will regret it when Conan is on Fox, hopefully stealing the ratings. I will be boycotting Leno's show... which wont be hard since I never really watch it, or enjoy it in the least. I know my grandma likes Leno, so thats cool I guess.

I stopped watching Conan a couple of years ago after watching Craig Ferguson who is much funnier. Conan sophomoric humor is great for the Simpson’s but not Late Night. Leno started as a standup comic and works clubs refining his craft: Conan not so much. Conan’s physical humor borders on creepy. Besides none of those guys has a Jet powered motorcycle that they drive over 200mph or the sack to do so.

Leno has an incredible talent for never being funny. You'd think it might accidentally happen once in a while. I don't see why people like Letterman or the Tonight Show anyway- it's a collection of terrible monologues combined with celebrities telling boring, self-indulgent, pre-packaged anecdotes provided to the shows by their publicists. I'd rather watch Colbert at that time. His comedy is brilliant and cutting edge in comparison to the garbage on late night network TV.

Leno is just another whiny baby boomer who doesn't know when to retire. Hang it up Grandpa. We have kids and family to support. Another brilliant decision by Baby Boomer management trying to put off the inevitable. Gen X and Gen Y's turn guys... Leno and NBC management Suck.

Leno had his show cancelled due to bad ratings. How did this happen? NBC would have kept this running joke on he air except so many affiliates complained of SEVERE ratings dropoffs that their local new programming was being hurt. THAT hurts local ad rates and THAT is why Leno got the boot.
My God, Leno's show was beaten DAILY by reruns on CW! Fact!
And this had a HUGE impact on Conan's show, as the viewers had already tuned out at 10/9 Central and did not flip back for the news, or Conan.

Leno is completely responsible for his own failure, and a large factor in the failure of Conan O'Brien to maintain his ratings. I can't say I wish him well, but at least I understand the dynamics of the situation.

NBC and Leno lost me forever with the stuff they pulled (yeah yeah I know some people are trying to render Leno blameless, but his name's on the show and history will remember his name not the behind-the-scenes players). I will watch the Tonight Show again when Jimmy Fallon or someone else takes over from Leno. Assuming the show survives.

I love Leno. This thing has been a mess, but bottomline, Jay is funnier than Letterman, and although Conan was okay, he didn't get the ratings that Jay had. Looking forward to Jaywalking and the other skits.

Who cares? Leno is history. He should have retired. He looks like an old guy who is digging his heels in the sand. What ever contract he got, he is dancing around it and pretending he has to honor it. Booo....and having the Olympic dudes on?? hello! history already.....and freak Palin ? what's with that? Is in sucking up to Fox?

The irony here is that NBC had a good thing going here, and in trying to *prevent* a loss they feared they would suffer, they actually caused it to come true.

Six years ago, NBC ruled late night TV. They did it with a combination of Jay on THE TONIGHT SHOW and Conan on LATE NIGHT. It worked. Both shows and both hosts drew in the ratings, and NBC, its viewers, and its staff were happy.

NBC suddenly developed an irrational fear, however, that Conan would leave them. To prevent this from happening, NBC offered Conan THE TONIGHT SHOW in the year 2009...essentially forcing Jay to retire from THE TONIGHT SHOW before his run had come to a natural conclusion and while he was still winning the ratings war for NBC.

So what happens in 2009? Jay goes to 10:00 and his show bombs. Conan goes to THE TONIGHT SHOW and it bombs. NBC loses Conan (the very thing it feared losing when it set off this chain of events), Jay's reputation is damaged, and the other networks laugh.

This sort of reminds me of how NBA teams such as the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks hurt themselves through silly trades two years ago when they overreacted in panic after the Lakers acquired Pau Gasol. It was acting in fear of what COULD happen that actually caused that very thing to happen.

Congrats Jay welcome back. Iwatched Jack Parr when I was a kid, watched Johnny Carson in midlife , and watched you after johnny, and now I will watch you since connan is gone.
You are one of the Best jay.

I don't personally care if it's Leno or O'Brien; neither got much of a chuckle out of me.

However, all the bits about O'Brien being let go because he was a poor performer and didn't get the ratings is just idiocy. Two reasons. First, and least, Leno's ratings stunk at the beginning of his stint in '92 too. People who liked Carson and didn't like Leno's brand of humor wandered away. It took a while for them to come back. O'Brien never got that "while."

Second, and more importantly: Moving Leno's show to 10:00 almost guaranteed O'Brien's failure. Those who really liked Leno could get him at 10, watch the news, and go to bed. Chances of them staying up to watch a second late night show were pretty slim. So the only ones who were likely to even give O'Brien a chance were those who didn't like Leno in the first place or those who were already big O'Brien fans. Think of what would have happened in '92 when Leno got the Tonight show if Carson had moved to 10:00. If Leno already had trouble, how much worse would that have made it?

Again, I don't have a horse in this race since I'm not a big fan of either. But it's just silly to think this is about this being about O'Brien's failure to attract an audience.

I think Jay has so much more class than that idiot Letterman.
At least Jay didn't screw any and every staff member as Letterman did.
Letterman is not funny at all and neither was Conan. Oh poor Conan, what a poor man!!!!!!

Leno didn't push for the change into primetime. It was the execs' idea and Leno told them at the time, "THAT WON'T WORK." Of course they didn't listen, brought Conan in, and moved Leno into primetime with a shoestring budget. Leno was right as we've seen the changes back to the way it was, and Conan bowed out of the circus. Leno is funny, as is Conan. Both in different ways...

Jay STOLE all the bits he got any laughs at.
He even STOLE John the Stutterer.
This whole thing is not about Conan, it's about putting a very dishonest moron on TV. And he even books Palin??
M O R O N !!
But then again, Palins son Trig resembles Jay.

Funny all you Leno Bashers still whining over Conan. If Conan..Coco..Weenie...what ever you want to call him was that good NBC would have just sent Jay Leno packing. CONAN LOST THE #1 RATINGS HANDED TO HIM BY JAY LENO but you narrow minded babies will never understand that. If you want to place blame, place it on NBC. Any one of you would have done the same thing that Leno did if you were in his position and if you say you wouldn't you're lying. You may not like Lenos humor but face the facts, if Conan was as great as you're trying to make him out to be he'd still be on. WAAAAAAAA.

My, my–so many haters! I think that what people find funny depends upon their geographic. Conan is funny to the younger folks, Leno is funy to the over 50 crowd, and Letterman is funny to people who like jaded sarcasm. There's room for all! Eat a grape and calm down.

Two women claim the same baby. The wise King says, "Cut the baby in half and give each woman half of the baby." The first woman says, "Yes, cut the baby in half." The second woman says, "No! I will not see the baby destroyed. Give the baby to the first woman." The wise King now knows the second woman is the real mother and awards the child to her. The NBC execs decide to cut the Tonight Show in half, but Conan says, "No! I will not see the show destroyed." So the NBC execs say, "OK Leno, I guess it's your show." Go figure.

Why all the hostility towards Jay? Look, Conan wanted the Tonight Show, and threated to leave if he did not get it. To keep him, NBC offered him the show in 5 years. Five years went by, so he got the show. Leno got a 10 pm show, which failed and provided a poor lead in to the local nightly news. The affiliates threatened to pre-empt Leno, so NBC proposed this half hour show after the local news and before CoCo. CoCo said no and gave up his show.

Had CoCo had great ratings he would still be there and NBC would have dropped Leno. Perhaps Leno staying on air (and not being that good at 10pm) prevented CoCo from having the time to find his audience. Still, this was started by CoCo wanting the Tonight Show. Both Leno and CoCo are good people, but CoCo wanted what Jay had.

The Tonight Show is a late night institution – I wonder who NBC has lined up to replace Leno in a month or two when his ratings hit bottom. Conan was and is so much more humorous than Leno. I will be watching Letterman tonight and always.

I am not even close to 50 and cannot wait for Jay to return. He agreed to his departure from the Tonight Show way too far in advance. The ratings proved that Jay should be at the helm. I understand all who feel sorry for Conan, but it comes down to numbers. If Conan was bringing in the viewers that the Tonight Show was used to, he would not have been ousted.

Have they decided what black musician will be hired to replace Kevin Eubanks and be the butt for Leno's black/stoner jokes? Maybe he will continue with his current strategy and take The Roots away from Fallon.

If you don't like Leno, then don't watch.
Millions will be watching. All the crybabies that think Co-Co The Spinning Clowns poor ratings were Jay's fault can wait to see if he does any better if FOX hires him and his pal boring Andy.
Good luck with that.

Wow, here go the haters again. Ha ha. They need to calm down or their blood pressure is going to go through the roof. Just a little reminder: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno was #1 for 17 years. Welcome back, Jay! :)

you old people. isn't it enough that you are crippling the social security system? Isn't it enough that I have to pay for your over priced and over unionized and over negotiated pension funds? Isn't it enough that I have to constantly look over my shoulder when walking along the street just in case you lose a marble and run over a crowd of people with your car? Or better yet, patiently enter a freeway at 25mph while you figure out how to merge into traffic? Why must you subject me to more torture in the form of a show you've deemed to be humorous when it is just soo obviously not? WHY??? I just want to go online and watch conan during my lunch break from paying for the meds that help you live unnecessarily long lives.

Leno looked weery and working on fumes before his five years were up to bring in Conan O'Brien. Leno looked the same way on his 5 month show too. O'Brien was a breath of fresh air compared to Leno and Letterman. NBC should let the non-genius go who developed this plan.

Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Fallon are much better than both Leno and Letterman. Will not watch which is a shame for having been a routine follower for over 40 years.

NBC made a terrible mistake to get rid of Conan. Leno is the worst Late Night host out there, including the Late Late Night Show hosts. Can't wait for Conan get another show, and for Leno to be canceled.

It is amazing how many people can voice their opinions without understanding all of the facts. Most are saying that Jay what Jay did to Conan was underhanded and wrong, however, they don't realize that just five years ago, Conan practically demanded that NBC give him The Tonight Show or he would leave the network (he was obviously trying to use Letterman as an example of this happening before). Jay eventually agreed to this once NBC said that they would allow Jay to host a primetime show. Yes that failed, but not by a ratings standpoint, but by the afiliates standpoint. Conan failed with his ratings. I honestly don't watch any of them on a regular basis, but have seen them. Conan is by far the worst comic I have ever heard. Jay has intelligent jokes that may not work for some, but as far as being geared for those over 50, hardly, you just have to be smart an not sophmoric. I am not close to 50 and could not stand Conan for over 2 minutes. NBC made the wrong choice 5 years ago, not this time around.

Conan would be out to destroy Leno if he (Conan) wasn't such a cool guy. What a slimy thing to do, and NBC is just as much to blame. I hope Letterman creams Leno in the ratings for a good long time (I likeCFerguson the most, I hope he succeeds DaveL).

Jay has two funny bits: headlines, and jaywalking. Other than that he's boooring. If for some reason I was bored enough to watch him I would just turn it off once those bits were over because I knew the rest would be crap.

Those of you claiming the "king" is back, and that Conan's ratings were crap... Yes Conan's ratings were crap but you're forgetting a few key things. Jay's ratings were crap too which resulted in his show being canceled. Also, by being on before Conan he was stealing potential viewers. Most people don't want to watch 2 full late night shows. And lastly, Conan didn't have enough time to build his following on the Tonight Show. Jay's ratings sucked when he first started the show too and it took him time to develope a following and because of Jay's terrible ratings and his selfishness Conan didn't get that same opportunity.

Ok, Leno HAD the ratings at 10/9c but his audience did not watch the local news afterwords. That was his issue, not ratings. Conan had 1/2 the ratings of Leno. NBC made the decision, Leno was a pawn in it, and did not have the influence to kick out Conan. Conan had 7 months to prove himself, far longer than most shows. Fail like Conan did and you would have been gone after your pilot in prime time. The suits at NBC are to blame for this fiasco. Kudos to Jimmy Fallon for keeping above the fray, perhaps he will be the future of the Tonight Show.

There isn't a chance in h#!! that I or anyone in my family will ever watch his show. The sort of back-stabbing that he pulled with Conan (who, for the record; I don't watch) is so childish and money-grubbing that I will not watch the show, ever.

You can't really argue who's funnier. It's all a matter of opinion in the end. What we can argue is who is better at their job as interviewer and entertainer and while jay-walking is a good concept (and the concept is 100% STOLEN from other more talented people) Conan has the most original material...so much so, that NBC kept it after figuring out the best way to get rid of Conan. Jay's interview questions are staged to generate a punchline. Conan's questions are real (or if they aren't he's a FAR better actor than jay). Jay's show will tank at the latest in September once Conan begins his new show on Fox. Jay is a hack, nice guy in real life or not. Conan has written for most of your favorite shows people!!! Jay has done stand up and stolen other people's material...'nuff said...

I used to watch Jay before and now that he's back I will watch him again. I've always enjoyed his show better than Letterman's. I have nothing against Letterman, but just prefer Leno's brand of humor. I wish him the best.

I'm surprised NBC didn't abruptly switch the OT of the hockey game to a special episode of "The Biggest Loser" – like they did the closing ceremonies with Seinfeld's new abomination. Instead, "The Biggest LOSER" returns tonight at 11:35pm. May BIG JAW die a rapid death and Fox hire Conan for a September premiere that kills him off for good. The Government should implement 'Broadcast Reform' and cut NBC's signal from the airwaves.

To tell you the truth I like Conan O'Brien than Jay Leno I would like to say is that welcome back Jay but I really do hope that Conan will come back with his own show at 10:00pm(EDT) on the same time slot as Jay Leno we'll see who is really the most popular at late night I'm going to guess that Conan will have the most high viewing rates than Jay, the reason I love to watch Conan O'Brien is because he's really funny his unique comb-over hair style that looks like the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, his "string dance", when he laughs he stops laughing by snaping his fingers to change his facial expression to pale, his catch phrases like: "Buddy Boy", impersonating the Governor of California then eating a sausage, Larry King by making hand glasses then stretching the suspenders and saying: "This is the International Symbol of Larry King, Donald Trump by moving some his hair in front of his fore head making the "fish face" and saying: "Your Fired!!" and etc I and the rest of many fans of Conan O'Brien really miss him on late night TV.

P.S. Hey Kim people who watch Conan O'Brien are not "stupid little boys" they are 18 to 35 year old demo graphic audience like me, Leno is not a "Class Act" the only thing that is a "Class Act" is his cars, his hair and his giant chin, David Letterman is not a "CREEP" he just did the Giggity with he female co-workers that's it plain and simple.

i can't believe with everything that is going on in the world today, this is so many people's concern. conan's ratings were very bad and so were leno's on his show nbc made the decision not leno get over it

Jay is a brilliant stand-up comedian, without question. But he is not a particularly interesting interviewer. I don't believe Jay will fail, but frankely I don't really think he will ever regain what he once had. He probably should have honored the origianal agreement announced 5+ years ago and simply moved on.

Looks like all of these comments are running about 75% against Jay and the Tonight Show, about 25% in favor of "The Chin".

Long and short of it is this: Conan walked away with more money in his pocket than most of us will see in a lifetime. He's gonna be ok, probably not going to be living on Ramen any time soon.

Jay had top ratings when he was on The Tonight Show, that's why NBC brought him back. It's all about the dollar, that's it. Nothing about loyalty, jokes, etc. The advertising dollar is king. That's it.

That being said, I personally don't find Jay funny, I'd rather watch Letterman, but it's a personal choice of humor.

Most of the people on here can cry and moan all they want about "fairness", and how NBC will crash and burn (which is ridiculous to even say), but the network has made their bed, all we can do is sit back and see what happens.

The Tonight Show has been boycotted from my home. You can say I'm boycotting Jay. Or you can say I'm boycotting the idiotic decisions made by NBC. Or you can say that I'm boycotting NBC. Either way, no TV in my house will be watching Jay again.

BTW, Leno was never fired and NBC was never dumb enough (yes, I know he does make money, but he still sucks so bad) to "get rid" of him. He decided years ago he would retire when he reached a certain point. He did that, Conan got what was promised to him and NBC proceeded to sabotage his every effort in order to get Jay back where they wanted him all along. Conan did nothing but roll with the punches, Jay wanted to go back to TTS, you don't think he instigated this whole fiasco? If Jay were such a "great" nice average guy, why would he worm his way back into TTS and just watch Conan get the biggest screw over in late night history? Jay is some comedy club creep from LA, Conan is a Harvard educated [National] Lampoon. Conan wins, every time.

Glad Jay is back! never liked Conan or Letterman. And this is not Leno's fault – NBC should have never booted him from the Tonight Show for Conan anyway. Only bad thing I can say is that now I won't be getting to bed as early as when Conan and Letterman were the only options!

I will never watch another episode of Jay Leno. He quit, then decided he wanted to come back so they gave him 10pm. Then he doesn't have the ratings so they give him back the spot that he didn't want anymore. Come on now. He's not funny, It's Jay that screwed up. I don't care who he has on his show. I'll catch the clips on Youtube or something but I will not turn my tv to channel 4 and give that big chin jerk one rating from me.

Never really liked Conan much. He seems like a good guy, but too much stupid humor for me.

I'm not sure why Jay gets so much blame for this fiasco. NBC is the one calling the shots. NBC is the one that forced Leno out of the Tonight Show to keep Conan from going to another network. They are the ones when canceling Leno's prime time gig wouldn't let Leno out of his contract. They are the ones that asked Conan to move. NBC created this mess. Leno and Conan were both just collateral damage. Personally it's hard for me to feel sorry for either one of them. Leno has the job they both wanted and Conan got a crapload of cash, a vacation, public sympathy, and motivation to crush NBC when he signs with Fox.

Listen, all those people saying "Why didn't Leni's fans watch him at 10?" Very simply because they preferred CSI or whatever; they will STILL tune in at 11:30 because that's what they had been doing FOREVER. Those Leno fans sampled Conan - his first week had great ratings– and decided they did not like him. (Remember, NBC execs are on record asking Conan to broaden his appeal - that is, beyond Team Coco, and he refused.)

All the bashing and hate won't change anything. Leno will always have more viewers than Dave and Jimmy and yes, Conan. That's just the way it is. Some people don't like him.....but many more do.

I think Jay Leno and his entire group are great. When Johnny Carson handed the stage over to Jay,..I believe that those were some pretty big shoes to fill, and Jay seemed to have done a pretty good job. If , in the future Jay thinks about retiring, N B C should cancel the tonight show all together, rather than trying to put someone else in that elite group of comediens. A group that conan really doesn't fit. Create a diiferent show if that happens. The tonight show with Jay is quite entertaining.

I have watched all three Jay, Coco and Letterman. Jay is the best! Coco's humor was silly and idiotic at times. Maybe kids/tweens would like him. Coco also seemed to read his lines in monologue, sometimes straining. Jay is fluent and more polished – although he also reads. His writers generally do a good job. Of course some of his jokes bomb too! Letterman laughs at his own jokes rather stupidly and his humor is also not very funny.

Why do people keep blaming Leno fro this whole mess?! NBC messed up – they didn't give him a choice when it came to "retiring" from The Tonight Show. Conan threatened to walk 6 years ago if they didn't promise it to him! When it came to "time" NBC didn't want to let Leno go to another network, so they came up with the 10:00 show...he didn't wantt o do it, but he was under contract, so he gave it a shot – he knew it wouldn't work. So when NBC was backed against a wall by the affiliates, NBC (again) came up with moving him to a half h our show in front of Conan & The Tonight Show. Conan didn't like it (rightly so) and opted out. No one forced him to quit. And if he was so damned funny, why weren't his ratings higher?

I, of course don't know if it's true, but I read that when Rahm Emmanuel got into trouble a couple weeks back about using the phrase 'f-ing retards' he wasn't referring to folks with Down Syndrome, he was actually talking about people that think Conan has an ounce of talent.

Jay will do fine if not better than before. Bottom line – If all these nay-sayers won't and/or never did watch The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, remember Jay was still #1 for that time slot when he was removed from the show so the nay-sayers won't even be a factor. It's NBC that screwed up big time not Jay.

People who didn't like Conan, just don't get humor geared toward people under 50. Leno's brand of standup went out in the 80s. It's so, so, so tired.

If you lead into Conan with a older audience, you're not setting Conan up with the demo he's most successful with . . . it was NBC's fault. People didn't really like Leno, so they weren't watching him in prime time . . . and then, those who were, were not a natural fit with the new Tonight Show. Conan was doomed to failure.

I'm not too emotionally invested . . . just miss Conan. I hadn't watched him in years, and thought TTS was hilarious. I watched or DVR'd it every night.

Thank god we still have Letterman. Too bad NBC didn't give him the job when they had the chance . . . we all know that's what the late great Johnny Carson wanted.

Conan may be a nice guy, but he's not funny. His commentary and bizzare behavior (on most occasions) leave much to be desired. Letterman is a little better, but he's too much of a pompous, arrogant a**. His program is stale and boring. Leno, on the other hand, is geniune and truly funny. Welcome back, Jay! I'm looking forward to watching tonight's show.

its hilarious reading how Leno's ratings will sink and so forth. Um, the ratings SANK with CONAN as the HOST. The tonight show was #1 until Jay Leno left. Bottom line is CONAN made the show pitiful, they tried to force Leno out. I suspect the tonight show will be back at #1 with Leno as host although its possible these type of shows have just run their course and time for all them to be canceled. I dunno, I have a job and have to go to sleep before the late night shows are on so maybe the demographics they get are unemployed computer geeks that sit around all day posting hate messages to every board they can find. *shrugs*

For those of you that aren't aware, Jay asked to be let out of his NBC contract when they fired him from The Tonight Show and NBC refused to do that because they wanted to keep him and didn't want him going to another network. He obvously is thought of as valuable. Based on the $$ figuries that have been released over the years, Jay has never had to use his NBC $$. He lives off his earnings from doing standup when he isn't doing The Tonight Show. So it's not like Jay was trying to get more money out of NBC. Conan is the one that pushed Jay out by signing up to do the show a few years ago when Jay was #1 and was #1 until the day he did his last Tonight Show. It's up to Jay to rebuild what audience Conan lost. Why are Jay's detractors not accepting that Jay was #1 BEFORE Conan took over?

Co Co J Jo, I think you're just projecting your own beliefs onto everyone else. All you have to do is read a sample of the comments here on this page. No one likes Leno any more (how many did in the first place?!), Conan is FAR FAR FAR wittier, creative and articulate than Leno. And quit calling him CoCo like he's your lover or something! You can refer to someone with a pet name when you're putting them down. You say Leno is funny cause he's more topical, well that's his only trick. He just looks at current events and tries to come up with clever commentary that usually falls flat on its face. JAY LENO IS THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR! Those who truly enjoy him are most often boorish, uneducated and uninspired.

For everyone who keeps saying, "Why didn't you watch Conan when he was on?".

Why didn't all these Jay supporters watch the Jay Leno Show in primetime? That was the show that got tanked! Conan's Tonight Show was getting better ratings than Jay at the time, but alot of people wouldn't return to NBC after turning Jay off. That is why the affiliates had a fit in the first place.

If Leno is able to rebound from this (doubtful), it will not be the same. He will never be #1 again. When Conan gets another show, he is going to make a ton of money for that network and NBC will be left eating crow.

BTW... Someone please confirm that Conan will be on Letterman tonight. The irony of that is too good to miss even if I'm not a fan of Letterman. (Dave did a guest appearance on the Late Show after he left.... best line ever... Dave asking Conan, "How'd you get this job anyway?")

Great to have the Tonight Show Back. Let Dave make silly faces and off color jokes about having sex with his employees and call it humor. It appeals to the less thoughtful and they should have a show too.

I'm looking forward to Leno's return to his apppropriate time slot. His ratings were higher than Letterman's (NEVER funny) when NBC made their stupid time shift in order to save money. I knew it wouldn't work because Conan is NOT funny and nobody wanted to watch Leno from 10-11 PM. You need a few yucks after watching the 11 PM news, so 11:35 PM is just perfect.

I am glad Jay Leno is back I watched him before and will again. Everyone has their own opinion re Jay Leno and I for one always enjoyed his show and hope he will be on for many years. Welcome back, Jay!!!

I Am Looking So Forward To Seeing Jay Back Where He Never Should Have Left the Prime Time 11:30 Slot. Now Life Seems BAck to Normal for Me. Co Co nice guy but he was funny at 12:30am....NBC should have left a good thing alone.

Mim- a reply to you.. CARSON chose LETTERMAN.. NBC chose THE CHIN.. carson even wrote and gave letterman jokes.. the mere fact Leno would have Palin on as a guest is exactly why i'm over Leno as a human. godspeed leno.. you and NBC have gone the way of GM.. sticking like glue to an audience of 50+ and praying like crazy they live forever. and like GM.. its new york times to die!!

Conan did not get canceled because of his ratings. it was Jays ratings that caused this entire thing. His prime time show failed horribly. NBC then knew they could not keep both. Conans buyout was $40 million while a buyout of Leno's contract is in the ballpark of $80 million to $150 million. It's cheaper to keep Jay, so they﻿ gave Conan an option they knew he wouldn't take, to breach his contract.
Conan didn't fail at 11:35, he actually did better in his first year as host than Jay did in his first year. NBC just chose the cheaper way out of a situation where they had too much talent.

Glad Leno is back. Never did care for Conan much. His humor is directed toward the young and crazy generation and Leno's is focus more on the 50+ crowd. Jay has a little more common sense and acts like a normal guy. Conan is always trying to act like a junior high school kid or college brat. I have to say I did not care for Jay Leno's new show. The original Tonight Show was much better. As for Letterman I think he needs to retire. I really do not think he is all there sometimes and I really do not like his band director.......is he gay or just very very weird!!!! I would not want to get within 25 feet of that guy.
What has happened to being entertained? Johnny Carson was always very funny. Nobody will ever replace Johnny.

Fact is no one will ever replace Carson. Leno has a good show and does a damn good job as an entertainer. Conan is geared for very young minds, maybe High School age. Letterman on the other hand should crawl in a cave and stay put.

Humor is a matter of taste, like art or music. I could never even crack a smile with Letterman or Conan. I could never understand why anyone would think they are funny.
Leno, on the other hand, is a true comedian. Not a writer turned comedian.

He beat Letterman before and I'm sure he'll beat him again. At least come far closer than the juvenile humor of Conan.

you guys are nuts and i guess too young to understand. yea, conan was funny, very funny. but so is lenno. helluva lot bettr than lettrman. his writers are a lot better than dave's. it was sad the way nbc treated conan but it was nbc, not jay. he got forced out that's all. give ol' swing chin a chance. plus conan's going to be back in full force in sept via fox. so for now, eat it dave...here comes JAY!!!!

i like conan so much better than jay. much more intelligent, spontaneous, and funner. however i have to admit, whoever picks the line-ups or maybe it's just timing, gives jay some really awesome and interesting guests who i actually want to see.

@ Kim – Letterman a creep? Leno is always insinuating sexual inuendos with his female guests no matter what the age. I;ve always found him to be quite the perv.

I did watch Leno here and there when he had someone on that I liked, but Letterman has and always will be my first choice. I'll be sure to stick with Letterman each night I decide to flip on the tv for late night just to contribute in showing nbc that they handled the tonight show situation very poorly. (I will continue to watch the Thursday lineup on nbc though!)

I always liked Jay but now I have a new reason to admire him: he knocked Conan off the air. Although Leno didn't intend this, I believe it's his single greatest accomplishment. The humor in Conan is so freakin' meh it's not even funny. Literally.

But don't worry Conan fans. If Jay's ratings drop he'll be gone. I just predict they'll remain as high as they always were.

When Jay took over and again when Conan took over NBC spent a small fortune doing market research - my source says it was more often than monthly. Very comprehensive research it was, too. Apparently, and I am assuming because I haven't see it and neither has my NBC source, but apparently Conan's growth was actually a deficit - he was losing ground and in addition to that his Q ratings and other measures were drifting down as well. Apparently the honeymoon was over quickly, and in contrast, Jay's initlal research was trending up from his second month.

So there was no recovery coming. Conan's Tonight Show mirrored the national economy - down down down with very dim long-time prospects.

I'll place money on Jay recouping all his ratings and zooming past Letterman and Kimmel, just like old times. (NOT opinion: another research projection).

So happy Jay is back. He's a nice guy and it comes across onscreen. Letterman is about as arrogant as they come and not at all funny. He is the only one who thinks he's funny. Conan is a bit cocky for being the "new kid" on the block and also for demanding so much from NBC. Personally, I never found him that funny. He appeals to real young viewers and should be on a cable station. That way everyone is happy.

M.R. in L.A. must be about 15. She sounds very childish anyway. Or maybe it's a he. Jay is NOT a villain. Neither is Conan or Letterman. All this misplaced anger heaped on Leno is ludicrous. The two Jerks - I mean, the two Jeffs who are the President and CEO of NBC made Stoopid Decision #1: to give Conan the Tonight spot. Duh! They never heard the old phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." The Leno at 10 idea was Stoopid Decision #2. It was doomed to fail (and I am on record when I said that). We want our "Law & Order" type of shows at 10, not chatfests. Stoopid Decision #3: Offering Conan what amounted to the Tomorrow Show. Conan was right to say no because they were ruining a long-running franchise (a tradition that began with Steve Allen). Now, Leno will be back where he belongs. His ratings tonight will be HUGE! The trick is to keep it that way.

You're wrong. Conan never forced Jay out of The Tonight Show. NBC did. Conan expressed a desire to host a show at 11:35, and yes, he wanted The Tonight Show. And NBC was willing to give it to him to prevent him from creating a competing show on another network.

Leno, as always, kowtowed to the company line, agreeing to retire, even though he never had any intention of doing so. It was Leno's plan to screw NBC all along and jump to another network. When NBC figured out Leno was playing them for fools, they had no choice but to offer him another show (they couldn't keep him at TTS because of their contract with Conan.)

Leno lied to NBC, he lied to Conan, he lied to everybody. Conan played the rules and was patient for his time to come, and Leno, like always, cheated to get more than he deserves.

Desperate Networks by Bill Carter has the real story. Are you willing to educate yourself, or you prefer to keep believing the delusions Uncle Jay wants you to believe?

I love the comments here. Any one who watches any of these jokers from Letterman (alias Tiger Woods of late night TV) to Leno to Conan (whose sense of humor is most funny to him and him alone) must not have much to do in life. This entire concept of late night TV is as outdated as the people doing the show. At least shows like Dateline and others like it in the past had some substance and made them from time to time worthwhile to watch. Otherwise any one spending their time watching these shows are either more like the characters in "Office" or "Sienfiled" depending on the section of the country you are from.

All you people don't know what good comedy is. Connan is such a goof ball with his howdy doody face and his bizare behavior, I don't know how anyone can stand him. Never could, never will. Letterman on the other hand is not quite as lame and at least he is a bit more origional with his jokes and his top ten but he is a bit goofy too. Too much showmanship At least Leno is down to earth and tell things the way they are. He has great wirters and he is imaginative and origional. Get on the Leno train.

I liked Jay before this whole fiasco started, and i think he is a genuinely good guy. I'm glad he's back where he had been before NBC screwed things all up. I guess I'm over the hill or something because Conan just isn't funny at all to me. I think he's a dork. Leno is cheesy but at least he cracks me up. I used to like Dave but he's kind of turned into a dirty old man and he's not funny anymore to me.

Conan's humor is idiotic. He's not funny at all and he's got the most annoying voice of anyone on the boob tube. That said, Jay's humor could be better too, as could Dave's. Much of it is sophomoric and uninteresting.

Oh well, I don't feel sorry for Conan. It's a ratings game and he's come out of it an extremely wealthy man.

team CoCo: You're funny, using that name and posting what you did. Conan wasn't fired. They changed his time slot and Conan quit. Big difference.

And also, Conan's ratings weren't the problem and they never were. In fact, Conan beat Letterman for about the first three and a half months, until Leno came back on the air, killing Conan's lead-in. At virtually the same time, Letterman's sex scandal became public knowledge, and controversy draws ratings. It's the same reason why Conan's final shows drew great ratings, and why tonight's and probably the first whole week of Leno's return will do better than normal ratings. People want to see what everyone is talking about.

I have to admit, I'm actually curious to watch tonight's show with Leno, but I won't because I have morals.

Speaking of morals, let's address the fact that Conan's ratings were indeed lower than Leno's were when he hosted TTS. I can't and won't deny that. But you know what? History shows that anytime there's a transition in Tonight Show hosts and the show's format gets revamped, it loses viewers. The same thing happened to Jay Leno. The only difference was at the time, his competition, Johnny Carson and David Letterman both had the class to walk away and give Leno some breathing room. NBC offered the show to Letterman because Leno's ratings sucked in his first three years, and if Letterman had taken it from him... well, if I said the name "Jay Leno" now, you'd be going, "who?"

Conan needed time to build an audience, and he needed the network's support and he never got it. That's why he walked away. He saw the writing on the wall and decided there was nowhere else to go.

Please understand, in response to my previous comment; Leno might have been under contract, but he could have just refused to interfere with the Tonight Show time slot of 60 years and said he'd do something else. NBC couldn't force him to have a show. This is the problem everyone has, this is why he is to blame (even if NBC is also to blame). You had a bad lead in, and you just get started and people blame the ratings, when Leno had poor ratings when he took over for Carson? Leno has a chance to get the hosting gig back and suddenly Leno forgets his own promises and now 200+ people are out of work. You think $40M goes far with 200 people?

Conan's staff bought homes for what should have been a definite long-term job, and would have been, had Conan stayed the host and helped ruin the franchise. Deduct the $20M people paid in home prices, and even if that money were to be split evenly among the 200 staff members, which it would never be, that's about $100K each. Is that a good deal to give up a 10 year+ job in this economy? Figure they are getting much less than that, which is why Conan is paying them out of the money he got to do what he can to make up for it. I think that says a lot about both people, though I'm sure they'll both remain rich and be fine, it still is wrong and the Tonight Show is dead.

@Guest who posted "Why was it ok for Conan to go to NBC and demand Leno's job (under threat of leaving the network) but it's not ok for Leno to want it back?"

First, I want to congratulate you for asking a sensible question instead of belligerently deciding that Conan and Leno must have done the same thing. If we had more critical thinkers like you, there never would have been a problem.

Now to answer your question. First, Conan didn't demand Leno's job, although he made it clear he had aspirations of one day taking over. He first started getting serious about the idea in 2000 when ABC and Fox started coming at him with offers for an 11:35 show. But he stayed with NBC, hoping that one day The Tonight Show would become available. He could have made "demands" in 2000 but he never did.

In 2004, when Leno was signed for 5 more years, Conan accepted that his day as the host of The Tonight Show would never come, and opened talks with other networks once more. Then NBC made their move, getting Jay to announce his retirement and promising The Tonight Show to Conan in 2009.

(If you're skeptical, this information can all be found in Desperate Networks by Bill Carter.)

And that's what has everybody annoyed. Jay promised NBC, he promised Conan, he promised everyone that he was retiring, and in the process not only lied to us all but he insulted Johnny Carson. Jay backstabbed Conan and proved that you don't have to be a nice guy to succeed in television, in fact, you're far better off being a total ******* because most of America will swallow the ******** he shovels down their throats.

CoCo tells Zucker that he wants the tonight show or hes leaving. So five years later he gets the show while its number 1 in the ratings. I dont care how many of you "I love CoCo" people there are it wasnt enough to keep the tonight show at number 1.

The tonight show was down to 47% of its audience that it had when Leno was the host. NBC wanted to make sure that they didn't loose all of their sponsors so they bring back the guy who was number one for the previous DECADE and let O'Brien go.

Did you Team CoCo people think that Leno was going to say no when he never wanted to leave in the first place?

Do you think that NBC was going to let Conan continue with those ratings and not replace him with someone at some point?

So then you come on message boards calling Jay a jerk or worse and make I am with team CoCo t-shirts and spout more venom towards Leno like he walked into Zuckers office and said "I want back in fire Conan".

What it comes down to is there are half of the amount of people were watching Conan than were watching Leno. I guess there is no one but yourselves to blame for his lack of audience and ultimately his firing.

I don't like Jay and I think what he and NBC did to Conan is horrible. I will not watch another episode of The Tonight Show, no matter who is on it, as long as Jay is the host. Letterman you have my support....give me a Nielsen Box!!

Intellecta, there is no need to judge people's taste in comedy based purely on their intellect. Judging from your quote "If that is the mentality of the viewers he is after (those with an IQ of less than 50), then obviously didn't work", it is you lacking intellect, or a proper understanding of grammar (at best). Chances are I am younger than you, I am smarter than you, and I make more money than you do. I also find Conan to be much funnier than Jay, but that is simply my opinion. To say that those of greater intellect prefer Jay Leno (which is a joke in itself) is not only a poor observation, it is completely asinine.

He can do funny stuff but I hate the way he stares at his cue cards and reads them. It makes me think he has not even spent time going over the jokes. But overall the guy is a loser and should be retired not returned.

After all of the information out there, people are STILL going on about "Conan didn't have the ratings"? That's irrelevant, Leno's show was canceled, NOT Conan's Tonight Show. Conan could have stayed the host, but Leno and NBC were trying to suddenly use the ratings excuse to push back the time slot after 60 years of the same slot. Conan didn't want to be part of that, that's all there was to it. Had Leno not tried to pig his way into the 11:05 PM slot, there wouldn't have been a problem.

As for the "ratings" thing, Leno's ratings were terrible when he took over for Carson and people gave him time to build the audience, but apparently Conan shouldn't have had the same shot? Even Leno himself mentioned this, and that it was time to give Conan a chance to grow the audience when Leno said he was retiring on his own show in 2004. Leno understood then and suddenly Leno brings up ratings as an excuse about Conan, but doesn't mention this all happened because Leno's ratings were so low? Leno got canceled, not Conan. This isn't confusing, that is the entire, simple story. This is why there are so many "Leno haters".

Glad that Jay is coming back to the Tonight Show where he belongs. Conans humor is great if you are in the 12-14 age group. Like his statement on his Twitter account, I dont know how Ashton does it. Not even remotely funny. I think my main problem is the fact that i still miss Johnny Carson, and there will never be anyone to take his place, or be as good as him

NBC started this whole thing a few years back when they asked Leno to retire and give the show to Conan. The night Jay announced it he said he supported it as he did not want NBC to lose Conan. Leno and Conan both are victims of NBC's lame handling of the whole affair. To put the entire blame on Leno is wrong, he was only going along with what the network wanted.

Jay has openly refered to The Tonight Show getting a new host as 'being fired' and also being 'cancelled.' The Tonight Show wasn't cancelled and he was simply replaced with another host – who is funnier.

Jay did not bring in the ratings at 10:00 so people ended up watching other networks shows at 10:00 and for their news at 11:00 and didn't switch back to NBC after the news to see Conan. The NBC affiliates were not happy and the network had to do something because the affiliates were going to start airing other shows at 10:00 to try to catch some ratings. Conan's ratings slipped as part of the dominoe effect of Leno's horrible ratings, not because of his show.

I don't know what Leno has over on the NBC execs, but what he did is just NOT RIGHT.

I will not watch his show. I believe it will be in the end of an era for late night TV and the end of The Tonight Show. Leno has in effect killed The Tonight Show. But I would bet that he would rather have it die than go to someone else.

Yeah for Jay! He is truly a better comedian than Conan. Why did NBC screw up by putting Conan in that slot? Conan is an idiot. He acts like a girl. I am thrilled to see Jay's return!!! I can go back to watching the Tonight Show as I have done for so many years. Thanks to NBC!!!!

I don't have a problem with Jay. I don't find him particularly funny but I don't have a problem with him. Whoever said Leno is intelligent comedy is far off base. If you want that go over to Comedy Central and watch Stewart. I can't pretend that I will watch NBC again. They have been sketchy for years and years and then they killed Conan because they have an old idea in a new hip time slot. The Tonight Show may be a classic but it seems as though there may be a new request for the late night show time slot. I don't run the statistics so I'm not sure what that show is but if Conan couldn't quite fill the void to perfection Leno certainly won't and we may see another shake up in the near future. Or NBC will cope with a subpar rating from Leno in that particular time-slot yet again. By the sounds of it they have been dealing with sub par ratings everywhere as of late. They are even managing to push me away from The Office which is a complete feat if you ask me. All I have left to say is WTFNBC?

I was delighted to hear that Jay would be back as I'm definitely NOT a fan of Conan's. But it's already ruined. Any program that has Sarah Palin as a guest obviously does not need me as a viewer. I wouldn't watch at gunpoint unless they planned to place her in a cage full of wolves. Oh wait... that would be animal cruelty.

I have always liked Jay. Of all the current talk show hosts, he is the best at Stand-up comedy and monologue. Where the others give a few obligatory jokes, then get on with the show, Jay does about 15 minutes of real Stand-up comedy. That is why I tune in for Jay, to hear his relavent humor on that day's news. You go Jay!

Why does everyone keep saying that Conan lost his job because The Tonight Show's ratings were bad? I would like to see proof on that if any can produce it. Jay was slotted back in to The Tonight Show because he's iconic and has a lot of time under his belt with the network and The Tonight Show; of course they were going to get rid of Coco before Jojo.

Although I do think that Jay is for an older audience in the sense that his jokes are for the "good ol' boys" and Coco's a bit more for the younger crowd. I'm 28 and I personally favor Coco's humor over Jay's simply because Coco is crazed and Jay is plain. That's just my personal preference.

I think NBC screwed up bad, as ET named the Jay/Conan fiasco one of the biggest TV goofs of all time. Oh well...whaddaya gonna do?

Don't forget, if you people had watched Conan in the first place he would have had the ratings and still had the Tonight Show. None of this is Jay's fault. NBC asked him to leave and gave the show to Conan. He couldn't keep up Jay's high ratings , higher than Dave's don't forget, so now its up to Jay to bring the ratings back. Open your eyes people! It's all just business to these corporations. Ratings equal money.

most of the ppl staying up late these days are younger. speaking for myself and the majority of ppl that i know, these guys aren't funny at all. check somebody else. i'd rather watch discovery.
o.k. maybe not that bad, but i would watch gangland on history. or maybe 1000 ways to die on spike.

Good point BMJinGA. I forgot to mention that Jay was #1 when he left (was fired) from The Tonght Show. If you aren't funny or provide some good entertainment than you are certainly not going to be #1 in late night. Jay is very funny!

The only way this would matter to me is if NBC had ANYTHING ELSE WORTH WATCHING...and then it would only mean I'd have to turn the channel after the news. Conan WOULD have built an audience far greater than NBC could imagine, but, instead, they opted for Jay and an audience really, really close to being unable to watch because they're dead.

Hey! I'm a "Midwest Boomer" and resent that people here assume I like Jay Leno. Stop generalizing about what baby boomers watch. It's my mother's generation that watches Leno. I'm a Conan fan all the way! And until Conan comes back I will watch Letterman.

The 19-45 audience is what advertisers are paying for. Conan appeals to this crowd more than any other late night host. Jay's humor is boring and unoriginal. With Conan, you never know what you're going to get. I seem to remember that Leno was doing poorly when he first started as well. It's not Conan's fault he had aweful lead ins every night. Conan will land on his feet.

jay had better rating than letterman, and handed a good show to conan who couldn't compete with letterman. it is like clinton handed a surplus economy to bush jr. who then messed it up big time. so, now we have obama who creating a much much bigger hole than bush. jay better watch out.

If Jays show did well and Conan still got low ratings for a while would NBC still have moved Conan. NO! they wouldn't, they would have just taken the money. Never liked the Lano show and now have a reason to keep it off no matter who is the guest.

Tom H! "Oh, I expect all of you that say Jay is just for the Boomers are also the ones that put Obama, Pelosi and Reid in charge. Look how that has turned out!"

EXCELLENT POINT!!!!!!!

These young turds are so clueless about life! thank you for bringing that to their attention, serious kudos to you! I heartily agree! they got their change alright, but it diddn't turn out the way they were promised it would!

Welcome back, Jay! I'll be watching you! Let the others boycott! They're the same ones who watched Conan.... he didn't last either. Now watch Obama so he'll go away!

Can't wait! I like Jay. Conan is OK but not my style. I wish him well too. I guess I'm getting old but: I make a lot of money. I spend a lot of money. I don't like the sarcasm of Dave or Conan. The advertisers of Jay will benefit by my watching the show.

Everyone gets a vote. Watch what you want. But don't judge me for my preferences and I won't judge you for yours...

I'll be recording Jay and watching the next evening as I get up early to go to work and can't stay up til midnight to watch any of these guys!

Sounds like those that are bashing or boycotting Jay weren't watching him before. I've been a fan of both Jay and Conan and will continue watching Jay as I have for the last 17 years he has been on as well as catch Conan whenever he gets his own show. They are both very funny and should not be compared with each other or anyone else. Stop being so damn angry & bitter about it. I'm curious to see how Jay's ratings will be once he is back on. Good luck to Jay back on the Tonight Show and to Conan on this next show.

CoCo just doesn't appeal to the vast majority according to the ratings. Think about it. When Jay took over The Tonight Show, this was his fist show so it took him a couple years to work his way into first place. When CoCo took over The Tonight Show, he had already had years on his own show to build up an audience. With the viewers CoCo had from his show plus the viewers from The Tonight Show, he should have had the highest ratings of anyone. But before Jay even started being his lead in CoCo had already failed.
You have to remember this is a late night talk show, not a comedy show to see who tells the best jokes. Apparently Jay does a better job with interviews than CoCo. Plus a Masturbating Bear just isn't that funny to everyone.

CoCo managed to push Jay out of The Tonight Show, which NBC now realizes they made a big mistake letting CoCo push Jay out when Jay was #1. This time they didn't want to make the same mistake twice, so Jay is in and CoCo is out. Jay didn't push CoCo out of his job the same way CoCo did him, Jay asked to be let out of his contract, he didn't threaten to quit if he didn't get the show the way CoCo did to get it.

What it boils down to is NBC and a little bit CoCo is the problem. If NBC had not let CoCo push Jay out, then NBC wouldn't have put Jay on at 10 and none of this mess would have happened. CoCo and Jay would both still be there and CoCo could have been patient and waited till Jay himself was ready to retire and not NBC retiring him, or his ratings dropped from 1st and CoCo could have taken over without Jay being around to hinder him.
I hope Jay and CoCo both have great shows and they can battle it out to see who is 1st over Letterman.

Hey everyone...lighten up. I've loved Leno for years and will continue to do so. His monolouges are great and the show fits his style perfectly. Too bad Kevin Eubanks is leaving..they had a good banter back and forth.

leno has his moments, but we saw him life and he couldn't talk more than about 40 minutes.
Watched him for jaywalking because it's funny and sad at the same time to see how stupid people are.
At 10p he had limberger so we stopped watching. He has the quitter tomorrow night so we won't even bother at 11:35p
I like him and don't know the reason, but i am glad that Kevin is leaving him. He saves the day when leno droops.

So many of the comments I'm reading make it sound like Jay's the bad guy in this change. NBC is the one who screwed up. Jay did what it took to save the jobs of the 175 people that work on his show. I say God Bless him for putting up with some of these nasty comments and being wiling to go back to the 11:35 time slot if it meant saving all those jobs and the families of those employed by Jay. He could have just told NBC screw you, walked away and left those 175 people out on a lurch. Jay, I wish you and your crew all the best!!!

He should have gone away before. Now the viewers will let him know how they feel that he is back. I give it 3 months and NBC, "Nothing But Crap" network will pull the plug over the summer. Would rather watch CSPAN reruns of funding for beaver dam reconstruction.

Connie: Who do you think SPENDS the money? Em...that would be the younger crowd – we all know the old geezers make the money. Leno doesn't necessarily mean those with money will watch him (I am probably older than the typical Conan crowd, but I would still watch him in a heartbeat over Leno).

To all the Leno bashers – how can you boycott a sponsors products if you do not watch the show to know who the sponsors are? DUH!!! I love Letterman, Conan just was never very entertaining to me, though he has his own followers. There is enough room for everybody. After all, it is just television.

I am loyal to Conan. I await his new show, whatever it is, selling stuff on QVC, or whatever...lol. I don't like what NBC did to him. The ratings could've been given a chance to come around, or Conan could've changed some things..If NBC wasn't so greedy they wouldn't have been in this mess. Jay Leno is such a company man, they should've just given Leno the old Late Night slot, after Conan started The Tonight Show, he would've said: "Yes sir, wherever you need me, I'm your man." Conan showed grace and pride by not letting NBC move him around. I know he loved The Tonight Show but his self-respect is worth more. You are the man Conan. Good luck Jay, I won't watch you even if you have Conan as a guest.

Jays comedy style is more appealing to a larger audience and thus that is why he was and will be the best at that time slot. Coco is funny but in a quirky way...his humor is appealing to the late late night crowd, which usually means drop outs, unemployed and the such...that's why he bombed at the earlier time....glad to have Jay back

Jay has lost his edge and he want's us to think he had nothing to do with this – he was behind the scenes pulling strings. The reason Conan's ratings weren't good was because of LENO. He was a drag on the network in Primetime. It just didn't work – totally flat. Conan is far more intelligent and he's really funny. He's fresh – what goes around, comes around. It will be interesting to see how this plays out and who ends up on top.

Leno should have taken the high road after his prime time debacle. Like him or not , Conan never got a fair shake with big chin sliding into the 10PM time slot after his "retirement". Leno would have tanked too if Johnny Carson had decided to move to prime time when he retired from the Tonight Show. That being said, I always liked Conan at the 12:30 slot better.

Jay is funny and entertaining; second only to Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. Conan, on the other hand, was a true embarrassment to NBC. I would really like to see Jay and Conan opposite each other. Jay would win "hands down" and "chin up".

There are a few things to remember: 1) Conan supporters were around supporting the show. 2) Jay's bad ratings did affect Conan. The local news (which followed Jay) was getting killed in the ratings due to a bad lead in show. Local affiliates started to mutiny, and NBC gave in.

Personally, I won't watch Leno. He's jokes are too heavily repeated for weeks on end. (We get it Jay. Americans are fat, airlines stink, and Congress is awful) And his bits (like Jaywalking) are really getting lame. I'd have put my money on Conan. I'd bet his audience leans towards the younger crowd...which I'd have thought advertisers would prefer.

the ratings method is out of date. most of conan's audience watches online on their own time. old people who still schedule their lives around tv guide and their medication decide the ratings. this is why nbc is dead last, they're way out of touch.

what's up with all the Leno haters...bottom line is television is all about RATINGS! Leno was the King of Late night for 16 straight years and it will be no problem for him to beat Dave again. Coco sucked at 10:30 and that is why he is gone! Get over it. Go Jay!

I wouldn't give this rimshot loser 'comedian' the time of day. He is the thrown away wrapper from the chocolate bar that Conan O was. It's like asking for The Partridge Family when you could have had George Carlin.

These comments are hilarious...and many Leno fans are anxious to see Sarah Palin's appearance....which is even more hilarious...explains a lot to those of us who are not Leno fans. Why would anyone want to give Leno or Palin any ratings??

In researching thses events it appears that Jay had little to do with the changes made to his and Conan's shows. The network made all of the decisions for ratings and profits. Jay's contract made him go along, and unfortunately in the end Conan got a raw deal.

Different shows and hosts give everyone a choice, which is a good thing.

The hard core truth is, NBC only cares about ratings. If Conan brought good ratings he would still have the job. He didn't perform well and like most companies, if your not doing a good job for them, they get rid of you. When Jay hosted the show, it was always #1 in the ratings. If it's not broken don't fix it. They never should of gotten rid of Jay to begin with, he apparently was doing a great job or he wouldn't of been # 1 for all those years. I am not a fan of, or a hater of Jay's, I personally think the only one on late night that is funny is David Letterman. I have to say I do hope he does well, because I don't feel he is getting a fare shake in all of this. SO GOOD LUCK JAY!

Much of Leno's viewers that watched him on the Tonight Show were just waiting for Conan's show to come on. He has now lost that viewership. Leno better hold on for dear life to this die-hard fan base that look to trash Conan because he didn't give NBC instant ratings.

Its a freakin business...everyone on here says Leno sucks, so why was he #1? Conan gave NBC the ultimatum of wanting the 11:35 spot. NBC put Leno before him as they didnt want to lose Leno either – he was #1!!!

Anyone that understands business will understand what is happening here. Despite all what all of you say, you will end up watching after the focus dies down and Leno has the best guests as he did before.

Conan was like a baby on the show anyways.... perhaps he should be on Saturday morning with the cartoons???

this tool "retired", hyped it for years, then came back to host the 10PM debacle. now, he's back to his original job. a class act knows when to go............this man is no class act.
johnny must be rolling with laughter in his grave over the silliness that has come out of this disaster.

Conan was booted becuase ratings were poor. He's a boutique comedian that lacks mass appeal. He would have been gone whether Leno was there to replace him or not. NBC is the one that messed this up from the beginning. Promising the tonight show to Conan to keep him on the network, taking Leno off when he was #1 and trying to keep him around with a lame new show. Leno's a nice guy, funny and deserves the chance to come back. No one hated Conan when he demanded to have Leno's 7 years ago. He may have been treated like crap by NBC, but Jay Leno isn't to blame for that, and he's not to blame for Conan's ratings.

I"m one of those viewers that can't wait for Leno to come back. I recorded Leno's "Tonight Show" for about two years and usually watched the first 30 minutes the next day after I got home from work. I tried watching O'Brien for about two weeks but thought it was very slow paced and not at all funny – his humor just wasn't for me. It's too bad NBC tried to fix something last summer that wasn't broken. Good luck to Conan, wherever he should land.

Thank goodness he's back in his chair as host of The Tonight Show. Conan was a bad joke NBC perpetrated on the public. His kind of humor is not that hot for mainstream Hollywood. Even advertisers thought so as well; no $$$, no show–fire the guy! He pulled poor ratings via HIS demographic, a demographic that apparently spends more time on their computer than on tv to generate ratings. Their the slacker/gamer generation. Passed your bedtimes, kids!
Love that Jay's back!!!

The whole situation is disapointing. Obviously NBC should have never tried to replace Jay in the first place. I like both Conan and Leno equally. Different humor but both gave me a laugh. Leno seems like one of the nicest down to earth guys there is so it kind of sucks how people have made him out to be the bad guy. Conan just didn't work and you can't blame Leno for that. His ratings sucked in the 3 or 4 months before Leno started at 10.

its funny that all these people come out of the woodwork supporting Conan now, when all they had to do was watch his show. But they didn't. They watched Letterman. So NBC went from beating Letterman every night to losing to him every night. Leno had the same number of viewers in primetime as he did in Late Night, but that's not good enough at 10pm. I'll miss him at 10 because i probably wont be up late enough to see him now.

Conan didn't get canceled! NBC wanted to move his "Tonight" show to 12am ("tomorrow") to make room for Leno when his 10:00 show WAS canceled.

That scenario would never have come up if Leno had taken his failure like a man and moved on. He had willingly left "The Tonight Show" behind (with much fanfare) and he should have left it at that. Instead he was willing to push "The Tonight Show" and Jimmy Fallon later into the night and O'Brien didn't want to do that to the show or Fallon. So O'Brien chose to walk away, the better man.

I am so happy that Leno is coming back! Conan stunk. He didn't get the ratings. Plain and simple. I don't know that Jay can get his ratings back, but NBC has to try. It was NBC that lost when it changed the lineup. Letterman is okay, but I can't stand Paul Schaffer. Hate him, hate him!

Do not speak of Carson in the same breath as Jack Paar. Carson "dumbed-down" the Tonight Show and was "safe". Paar scared the network. Conan FAILED because he doesn't appeal to a large enough audience... Jay does and even more so than that moron Letterman. Jay will rule again.

O'B simply was funny only to a small audience. NBC saw his popularity (dismal as it was) during the wee hours as reason to force Leno out, which is what they did. The prime time experiment was laughable, and even Leno knew it would not work every night. The network got what it deserved with the controversy. Wonder when NBC (Nothing But Confusion) is going to hire someone with some common sense in upper management. Like too many in the entertainment bidness, these empty suits have nothing to offer except self praise. Leno is not the trouble maker in this situation; he deserves the show from which he was forcibly (with little class) removed.

I find it amazing that all of these "so-called" Conan fan are suddenly coming out of the woodworks. Where were these people when his ratings fell nearly 50%. Don't blame Jay for NBC's incompetence. The powers-that-be made Jay an offer, so her took. Many have the misconception that Conan would have kept his job if Jay turned it down–WRONG. The issue was ratings, Conan would have been replaced, whether it was by Jay or someone else-That's showbusiness.

What a bunch of whiners. Sore losers. Jason is the new 'Bill'. Leno wins, Conan loses. It's totally an age thing. Gen X,Y, and Z are so angry! No more slapstick redhead to ignore while they twitter. If they actually watched Conan he'd still have a show, but reality is unpopular. It all started with 'Jaywalking'. It was amazing how stupid a lot of the 'younger generation' are. And defensive, too. Time to make a difference instead of just whining. Try it. Maybe then they'll give Conan a show again. Not. Time to twitter, dweebs. You lose.

I don't believe Jay did anything wrong. NBC forced him out of his successful "Tonight Show" stint while he was #1 so they could give the goofy Conon his chance like he wanted. He flubbed up and they wanted to change things up but keep him on; he wouldn't agree, so he's outta here. NBC is the one at fault here, not Jay Leno. I always watched before and will be happy to watch once again. Bring it on.

Jay Leno is fun, entertaining, and should be returned to his original time-slot. No matter how much money NBC spent on "the coming of O'brien," it was truly an epic experiment gone bad. Welcome back Mr. Leno!

Ugh, if so many people "love" leno then why did his show FAIL miserably at the earlier time slot when more people are awake. How come the local nightly news start to fail so badly after Leno?

Leno have been a man and departed the network (maybe go to Fox?) to let Conan truly have an honest shot. Did you see Johnny trying to do another show on the same network after he retired? Of course not. Jay Leno is classless and acts like a the victim. I was fired from 2 shows . WAAHHH,...

for people who don't care you sure make a lot of comments. Fact is it was business decision by NBC. was it the right one is yet to be seen but Conan was not cutting it. Lead in blame is stupid. I change channels for a show I want to watch. It does not matter what is on before it. That is my TV watching habit. yours may differ.

this is why i watch Jimmy kimmel, the soup and chelsea lately, because NBC sucks ass now that they fired conan. dont get me wrong i like jay but jay should have shown some class and retired like his predecessor johnny carson, somethimes you have got to know when your time is up.

I would rather watch grass grow than to tune into Leno.
There are people out there that just don't see how Leno thinks he is better than anyone else in the world. His so called jokes are horrible, and his interviewing skills are ZERO. This clown is BORING.
It is time for you to go Jay, and take a veryyyyyyyyy long vacation with your wife you have ignored for the past 17 years. But I am sure she likes it that way, because you probably bore the crap out of her too.
Lets take bets to see how soon he will have Wanda Sykes back on.
Morgan Freeman is already scheduled to come back on.
They are LOOSERS, just like YOU Jay!!

I second the question of why the anger? Leno signed away his Tonight Show gig to Conan years ago to try to avoid the same grief he went through with the management over Letterman. Look, they all like each other, but everybody wants to host the Tonight Show, and there can be only one. And what underhanded plotting are they engaging in? The networks decide who gets the slot based on one thing: ratings. Leno's were always better, even over such accomplished talents as Letterman and O'Brian. But Letterman has done very well with his own 11:35PM gig, and perhap Conan will, too.

Conan was an self-inflated ego disaster. With all that nervous chattiness along with laughter at his own neurotic jokes, how could anyone see him as funny? Glad to see Jay and his solid sef-deprecating humor back.

Well Jay's humor is for the AARP crowd which is a huge demographic. It sucks to say this but for my fellow Gen X and Y folks, Conan's loss is partly our fault. While together we are a bigger group than the Baby Boomers, we didn't always sit down to watch Conan when he came on TV. That's not to say that Conan's humor is far better than Jay's. Jay just wants the Tonight Show to have it, not because he wants to do anything creative or humorous. His humor isn't intelligent, it's just made for people with either low intelligence or a lazy sense of humor.

I won't watch the Tonight Show ever again...not even for Brett Favre. I don't understand why Jay would want his old gig back. He's been doing the same old schtick for forever. Doesn't he want to challenge himself? Do something new?

How would he like it if, after retiring, Johnny Carson had said, "You know what Jay, retirement's not what I thought it was. I want my job back." Didn't happen because Johnny Carson was a class act. It's not about the situation, it's about how you handle it. Jay handled it poorly.

LOSER!!! Loser, loser, loser! Third time's the charm...to get cancelled and stay cancelled. I don't get it, him and his show has already been cancelled TWICE. How and why is he still here? I can easily count on one hand the number of shows i remember being cancelled and then being brought back. But this?! Timeline: Jay has long-running show, The Tonight Show (which i never watched), gets cancelled, we see a ba-zillion commercials talking about the Tonight Show 2.0, a redone, modernized version (which i watched for about ten days), gets cancelled, a late night talk show "food fight" begins between Jay, Conan and Dave, leaving the Conan with the pie in the face and no show. Then they told us "LENO GOING OFF AIR", "FINAL EPISODE THIS FRIDAY", and i was thinking "Hallelujah, praise the lord". And it was true, after that friday it was the news and other stuff. But now he's back and i will never, never, never, never, ever, ever watch him ever again. Jay Leno, please go away and leave us alone.

Screw this guy. All personal bias aside, NBC made a huge mistake letting Conan go for Leno. If they don't know it yet, they will soon enough. Best of luck to Jay. He's going to need it after looking like a self-centered ass in front of the entire country. And I'm 100% certain Conan will move on to something better. No way in hell that dude is out of the picture.

Looking forward to having something funny to watch before bed once again. I tried watching Conan but found him more stupid than funny and Letterman is just annoying (might be better without Paul Shaffer). I like Jimmy Kimmel, but often can't stay awake that extra 30 minutes with nothing good on to watch until his show starts. Welcome back, Jay!

FINALLY! Late night is worth watching again. Conan just didn't have it. Sorry folks. He was flat. His choice of guests was flat. And frankly, his who attitude during the time shuffle was nothing but immature. Come on guys, we're talking about his show moving 30 minutes. Prime time shows get shuffled all the time, not just by timeframes but sometimes even to different days. Conan's fear was that he couldn't follow jay's act successfully. His ratings were flat without having to follow somone who is arguably TV's best late night host. Following that host would have been his ruin and he and his people knew it. That's why they bailed. Welcome back Jay. Missed you!

I will not watch leNO! He is no longer funny, and a hypocritical back-stabbing douchebag! I will watch anything except leNO, even Letterman is better. Once Conan gets back on the air, I will watch him no matter where he is.

Why have Sarah Palin on? Doesn't she get enough free publicity and 70% of America thinks she's an airhead!! Won't watch that show, will probably tune into Letterman. Jay needs to get more Democrats on his show. He stacks the deck with all his Republican friends. I guess he is catering to the older white male audiance.

I don't dislike Jay... I just like Dave and Conan better. I will not watch his show ever again because of the way the butt-holes at NBC treated Conan. The people at NBC responsible for programming F up every chance they get. Last night for instance... Olympic Closing Ceremonies... they broadcast 3 hours or Closing Ceremonies, then break for 60 minutes (30 minutes of The Marriage Ref, then 30 minutes of local news), then back to the closing ceremonies. What kind of morons interrupt a popular event that airs once every 4 years for a new show and local news? Same imbeciles responsible for working last night's programming debacle are probably the same imbeciles responsible for the Jets-Oakland "Heidi Bowl" disaster of 11/1968. NBC... get a brain, will you!

Jay is not at fault here. I don't understand why people are blaming him for decisions that execs made. No body complained when Conan asked for Jay's job five years ago and Jay (even though he was number 1) agreed without making a fuss. The truth of the matter is that Conan did not get good ratings and it had nothing to do with Leno. People watch the shows they want to watch. If people wanted to watch Conan at 11:35, they would change whatever channel they were watching to tune in to him- not Letterman. It's that simple. Also, people get fired all the time and they don't get millions of dollars for it. I must admit Conan was smart to make this situation in to a big drama to get attention and of course, there are always those out there that have no clue as to how the real world operates and they just follow! I am sure Conan will be fine wherever he goes from here (Fox?), but to blame all this on Leno is lame. People must have nothing else to do to take sides between two millionaire comedians.
This is business, people, nothing else.

You Conan lovers just need to follow him wherever he ends up and quit trying to blame Jay on Conan's low ratings on the Tonight Show. They both had low ratings. But, of course, they don't have exclusive rights on what is going to be aired, etc. NBC is the bad guy here, not these two. Oh, I expect all of you that say Jay is just for the Boomers are also the ones that put Obama, Pelosi and Reid in charge. Look how that has turned out!

Wow,
If half the Co Co posters here actaually watched Conan, he would still be on . Fact is Conan threatened to leave if he didn't get a guaranteed date (5yrs ) for his shot at the Tonight Show. When the 5 years were up, NBC made good on their promise, booted Jay so Whiny O'Brien counl have his shot (Did anyone (including Jay) whine that Jay was being pushed out to keep whiny O'Brien at NBC – not that I heard.)

Then O'Brien lost half the audience. Wasn't that he didn't try. NBC wanted him off the air so much they paid him $30 mil to go away. How is that Jay's fault? All Jay did was agree to host the show again after NBC decided to fire Conan.
If Jay didn't take the job, thry would have found someone else. Most people that take a job or promotion are taking someone else's job. How many of the whiners here (the ones with jobs) said no to taking a job because someone else did not work out before them, thinking maybe if they did not take the job, the employer would say "hey why don't I give so & so another try" Grow up. That is probably why the "Boomers from the Midwest" will be watching Leno.

Love Jay. Can't stand Conan. Letterman is off-kilter, but occasionally funny. Glad to have Jay back, will watch the monologue. Don't care for Palin. And let us over 55 have some respect, please! Don't you know that we are the fastest growning segment of the population? Actually, it's the younger of you out there who are not sophisticated in your humor!

Oh stop crying. Conan didn't have ratings so it got cancelled. That's the way it works on TV. It has worked that way for years. Jay was getting ratings in that slot – so putting him back there makes business sence. Sure, its fun to villanize someone – but just grow up already. Its just business.
And – conan isn't any funnier than Jay, who isn't that funny. They were both boring. Everyone just suddenly pretends to be a Conan fan because it's cool now.

Ivan Bear – Letterman is not from Connecticut? He's from Indiana. He used to live in Connecticut but now in New York. Are you sure you're a real New Yorker? If you were, you might have seen mentions of this in the NY Post, Daily News, Times...or any number of local sources around the city.

I don't know why people keep saying it's not Jay's fault. No matter what he said on Oprah. He signaled years ago that he would be done with The Tonight Show when his contract was up. Conan was promised the job and planned (with his entire staff) accordingly for years.

Jay went on to his other endeavors and it didn't work out. No one forced him to accept NBC's offer to return to 11:30. If he hadn't, they weren't going to get rid of Conan. Conan was doing fine and building his audience just as Jay had been given a chance to do.

Would Conan have been replaced so soon if Jay had simply retired or gone back to stand-up? No. If Johnny Carson had decided that retirement wasn't for him after a few months, would Leno have wanted to step aside? No.

The funniest thing is reading about how everyone cares about who wins a ratings battle between two multi-millionaires. I mean come on now, will your life really be all that better or worse based on who gets more viewers at 11:30 PM. LOL. You all need to get a life.

So glad to see Jay Leno back where he belongs. Coco didn't bring in the ratings. End of story – not Jay's fault. Coco appeals to a younger crowd and he will find a successful market for that – just not on the Tonight Show.

Thank you NBC for getting rid of Conan as he was one of the most silly, showoffs on television. Hope he stays lost with is millions. Glad Jay is back with some good guest like Sarah Palin and others that make his interviews interesting and practical. I don't normally like NBC but Jay is one of the bright spots on their network. And if you think Jay is for old people, well I am 71 and so be it if I like him. Don't tune in if you are young and like Conan. See if you can find Conan on your T. V. tonight ????? The best survive and the worst leave or get canned in America. Looking forward to many more years watching Jay and being really entertained before I go to sleep each night. I went to sleep during Conans show, but go to sleep after Jay is finished each night. Love Jay.

The funniest thing Jay Chino has done is that spot for Dave's show during the Super Bowl, but he even over-acted that. The only people who find Jay funny are old people or people who have a very poor sense of humor and need to have every joke carefully crafted and handed to them on a plate.

I have always like Jay leno and think he is a good entertainer. I will watch him as much as I can. He is on very late where I live. I feel that others who seem to thrive on either silliness or sick drama can't understand a good guy who happens to make light of life and the world we live in. Lighten up people. Life is unfair – deal with it.

i liked jay at 10 pm, now i wont be able to watch anymore 11:35 is just too late for me :( they shouldve given him more time. never liked conan but i did enjoy jay as long as i could and will miss him. waiting to move to a more "convenient timezone" i guess lol

Love him or hate him Leno is the classic grinder who will do what it takes to get his show back on top. He was beating Letterman in the ratings when he left and I am sure he will ultimately beat Dave again. Dave is funny (and cruel) but he is his own worst enemy in terms of building his show. Conan has his fans but his show was terribly overrated and not a good fit at 11:30..

I am out for the count. As long as Zucker, Evil Ebersol and Leno are part of NBC I will abstain from turning on anything NBC. Zucker and Evil Ebersol are the faces of poor executive leadership. Leno is in the perfect role of follower . . . if it benefits me I will follow you . . . I have no respect for Leno any longer. It will be interesting to see how long Kevin Eubanks sticks around. Bet he is tired of all the drama and trauma. Conan came out the winner even though it appears by losing The Tonight Show he is the loser. Wrong. There are many former Leno viewers that will chant the words to Conan . . . I will follow you . . . C'mon Comcast, clean house and do it soon before the NBC brand is in the toilet, totally!

Ok, for all of us who are Conan fans, REMEMBER WHAT HE SAID THE LAST NIGHT OF HIS SHOW...he hates cynicism....why all the negativity...let's see, people fighting for their life in Chile, Haiti, and Europe....Conan will definitely ride this out to a better life, but everyone who is so stuck in the negative, you are going to stay right where you are....LET IT GO and stop the negativity already...you know, you are just making Jay the bigger star by showing this hatred, don't you...don't like him, just switch the channel, no hatred or cynicism required....GEEZ

At least I can watch Jay withut having to listen to the cackling guitarist who recently moved on. Jay is best as a standup comedian. I always check out Dave and Jay for the night's guests especially the music performers. I hate when these guys read silly things from cards and hate that they always save the performances till the last 3 minutes of the show. The producers are dead heads, afraid to take a chance.

How much money and fame does this douche need? He rolled the dice and lost. Now he expects everything back the way it was. No respect for him what-so-ever. Letterman is the man. And Conan was funny! He wrote for the Simpsons...who is not funny that writes for the longest runny show ever?

Conan wasn't the one with the ratings issue, with was NBC in general. Leno had crappy ratings and they thought moving him back would make him better....it will if he is in bed by 11:35 so we can watch some funny people. Conan was not the problem....NBC was trying to squeeze the rest of the funny juice out of Leno at 10 and it didn't work because he's spent!

Those who support Leno are the same people who most likely love to watch Lawrence Welk re-runs.

Co Co Jo Jo: I think you are smoking something...do you even watch these shows or is this past your bedtime? Please do not speak for me. In my "opinion" Leno is the most BORING personality on late night.

I've never been a fan of Jay Leno and his overly-rehearsed jokes. I wish they would have given Conan more time to develop his show and find his audience. He's much funnier than Leno and was a nice change. I'll just stick to Letterman, he's been at the top of his game lately.

I watched conan his first nite- The highlight of his first show was a trip to the 99 cent store! Downhill from there. If that is the mentality of the viewers he is after (those with an IQ of less than 50), then obviously didn't work. I think he is lame and deserved to be cancelled.

I have tried to watch him over the years, and never liked his kind of low intellect humor. Give me Jay anytime.

I watch Jay or Letterman depending on the guests that are on. Most viewers do, even if they don't want to admit it. They play to an adult crowd. Those who come home from their blue collar jobs and crack out the beer really only respond to the "trip to the 99 cent store" kind of humor.

Welcome home Jay!!!! May you and Letterman rein forever and ever! Us mature adults want you!! The mini brains can swill their beer and pass out!! No loss!!

Jay is a great entertainer. He is dedicated to his work & that's why I respect him & watch him. I will no matter what time he's on at or what channel. The people that waste so much time getting mad about the switch have too much time on their hands. So many bigger things to worry about.

Hope he lasts half as long as his "experiment" of a show did. I have no respect for him. Sure, it wasn't his idea, but he didn't say "No". A man who makes a decision ought to stick to that decision, and not change his mind when it turns out to be a disaster.

"After joking that he had interviewed a squirrel in his backyard and connected the freckles on his arm with a Sharpie, this weekend he wrote “This is only my 5th tweet and I’m already exhausted. My God, how does Ashton do it?”

If this is best he can do, and people go crazy about him... well... I guess every audience deserves it's king...

I've seen enough of the olympians in the last 2 weeks, know all the stories, any no interview can be better than what Bob Costas can offer. I really hope people follow through and boycott this show to let NBC know that they made a big mistake forcing Conan out.

I'm sure Jay is a "nice" guy, but I don't watch TV for that. I find his humor geared toward an older generation. There's nothing fresh about what he does, so he gets boring pretty quickly. I can't imagine many people under the age of 55 or 60 who really enjoy him. NBC needs to remember there are young people with brains who need intelligent programming, not just the same old same old for the people scared of change and innovation!

You know, most of these comments ignore the truth, Conan failed because people didn't like him. The Tonight show went from first to last, that is a fact, Jack!

It wasn't Jay's falt that people didn't like Conan. It is a matter of dollars and sense. How many of you work for money, yea all of us. So, unfortunately, the affiliates require you to have an audience.

I feel so sorry for Conan, what did he walk away with $30 million to not work, just go away.

Leno is a class act. The hardest working man in show business.
He always takes the high road. Leno will return to his rightful place of 'The Tonight Show' and once again reign for many years.
He might even catch Johnny Carson's mark of 30 years on the show.

People...people!! Why can't we all just get along?? This is a big country, remember with Ellis Island...opportunity for all. Conan will be fine and so will Jay. Remember the people suffering in Haiti, Chile...these are the folks we should be worried about and trying to lend a hand up. Jay and Conan are both filthy rich and will survive just fine!!

The more I hear about Leno the more I think he is a bad guy that wants everyone to like him but makes some shady deals behind the scenes. Even when he is caled out on his dirty dealings he claims ignorance.

Reasons not to watch
1. He's not very funny on TV
2. What he did to Letterman
3. How he ruined Conan's show by killing his lead in audience
4. How he turned the screws on Conan coming back
5. His ginormous head just scares me

Co Co Jo Jo besides the fact that you are most likely an NBC publicist you are totally incorrect about people's taste. Conan is far more beloved than Jay ever was even in his prime. Leno will not be forgiven among comedians or true fans of comedy. He's got maybe 2 laugh-less years left. I look forward to seeing Conan on Fox in Sept, with respectable lead-ins this time .

So if someone does not do well at their jobs and their ratings are low and the company is losing money, they should still keep him? they were goign to drop a poor performer no matter what, you blame jay leno as if he had something to do with conan's bad ratings? fact is if cating performed, then nbc would've kept him, bottom line, he didn't, they went back to leno, who I like but some people like to think jay leno had something to do with conan peforming badly? ...

Why so much hate. Jay is truly a great guy in person and is much funnier than Coco. Jay's humor is relevant and is almost always mixed with political satire. Problem with Coco is that if he was popular at 11:35, he would have kept his show. NBC wanted Coco to work, but it didn't. People do not like Coco, they much prefer Jay. Jay will kick butt once again at late night and will recapture his top position.

Leno failed at his stab into prime time and decided he wanted his glory days back at the expense of others and his reputation. The network allowed it because they couldn't see anything but dollar signs. Leno's reputation is besmirched and I for one will not watch "The Tonight Show" as long as he is host and may boycott advertisers who support this level of underhandedness and mendacity.